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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section II: Declaration of absence

Article 1069

The appeal is lodged, investigated and judged as in non-contentious matters. The time limit for appeal shall run, with regard to the parties and third parties to whom the judgment has been notified, o…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Paragraph 2: Compensatory allowance

Article 1080

Where property or rights are awarded as compensatory allowance pursuant to 2° of article 274 of the Civil Code, the agreement approved or the decision granting the divorce specifies their value. Where…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Subsection II: Judicial divorce by mutual consent

Article 1091

On pain of inadmissibility, the petition shall include in its appendix, where applicable, the information form of the minor child requesting to be heard dated and signed by him or her as well as an ag…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Paragraph 5: Appeal in cassation

Article 1086

The time limit for lodging an appeal in cassation suspends enforcement of the decision granting the divorce. An appeal in cassation lodged within this time limit also suspends enforcement.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section II: Declaration of absence

Article 1066

Applications relating to a person's declaration of absence shall be brought before the judicial court within whose jurisdiction the person resides or last resided. Failing this, the competent court is…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Paragraph 1: Applications

Article 1075

From the outset of the proceedings, the spouses shall, where applicable, make known, with the information necessary for their identification, the sickness insurance fund to which they are affiliated,…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Paragraph 4: Amendment of ancillary measures

Article 1084

…e divorce has become res judicata, to applications relating to compensatory allowance. The articles 1075-1 and 1075-2 of this code shall apply.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter III: The civil register

Article 1061

Copies of extracts kept in the civil register may be issued to any interested party. They may only be issued with the authorisation of the Public Prosecutor where an indication of cancellation has bee…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section II: Declaration of absence

Article 1067

The claim is lodged, investigated and judged as in non-contentious matters.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Paragraph 1: Applications

Article 1076

A spouse who files an application for divorce may, in any event, and even on appeal, substitute for it an application for legal separation. Reverse substitution is prohibited.

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